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ap world vocabulary

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Militarism
Agressive military preparedness
Alliance system
Secret agreements to protect and help one another when attacked
Triple entente
Great Britain, France and Russia
Triple alliance
Germany, Austria Hungary and Russia
Central powers
Ottoman Empire
Imperialism
-Europe's great powers competed over colonies, markets and military power
-Competing claims created an atmosphere of tension between major powers
Nationalism
The belief that each ethnic group should have its own nation
Chaos in the balkans
-July 1914, archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand from Serbia
-Austria Hungary invaded Serbia and set off a chain reaction
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austrian empire
Black hand
Terrorist group from Serbia
Trench warfare
Both sides dig ditches to create fortified positions
T.E. Lawrence of Arabia
British advocate for Arab independence
Emancipation of serfs
-1861
-Population remained in great poverty with little change
Duma
Parliament created in Russia after humiliating defeat in Russo-Japanese war
Bolshevik Revolution
-Russian revolution
Overthrew czar Nicholas 2
Ended 300 years after Romanov rule
Vladimir Lenin
-Returned from exile promising peace, land and bread
-Created communist state
Treaty of Brest litovsk
Ended Russian participation in WW2
Lusitania
-cause of US joining WW1
-Unrestricted submarine warfare
The Zimmerman telegram`
-German official Arthur Zimmerman instructed ambassador to make Mexico an offer to ally wit Germany
-Regained Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
The Paris peace conference "The big four"
-President Wilson of the U.S.
-David L. George of Britain
-George Clemenceau of France
-Vittorio Orlando of Italy
Wilson's fourteen points
-Redrew the map of Europe so that each nationality had its own state
-Formation of the League of Nations
Armistice day
Veterans Day in Germany
Treaty of Versailles (Germany)
-payed billions in reparations
-give up all its colonies
-restricted size of armed forces
-took all blame for the war
U-boat
German sea weapons
May 4th movement
-China
-Allies sided with japan in Paris peace conference
-anti Japanese protest led to leaders joining communist party
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